Texas Parks and Wildlife state David L. Essingler set a new state record for his 2025 catch of an 884-pound Atlantic Blue Fin Tuna. Essingler caught the fish by rod and reel on April 10, 2025, on the ...
A fisherman in Virginia landed an 832.6-pound Atlantic bluefin tuna that was certified as a state record, breaking the mark that had been set the day before. Mike Rogerson of Virginia Beach was ...
PORT ARTHUR, Texas — Nearly a year after David L. Esslinger hauled an 884-pound Atlantic bluefin tuna out of the Gulf of Mexico, Texas Parks and Wildlife Department officially confirmed the catch as a ...
On Jan. 10, 2026, Capt. Robbie Brown of the 56-foot Viking Just Right got a phone call at about 11 a.m. The day before, Just Right had scored an enormous 721-pound bluefin tuna off Virginia Beach that ...
David L. Essingler set a state record for the heaviest catch with an 884-pound Blue Fin Tuna he caught in 2025. The average weight of an adult Atlantic bluefin tuna ranges from 496 to 551 pounds, ...